Press Printed Bay Books Review

Hey everyone, I'm professional photographer, Ian Plant with Outdoor Photography Guide. And I bet at some point, most of you have thought, gee wouldn't it be great to have a book published featuring my own photographs. And this is a really great idea but there's only one small hitch and that's finding a book publisher that's willing to take a chance on you and publish a book, featuring your images. The great news is that these days you can just skip the middleman and you can do your own print-on-demand books. You can design your own books, featuring your own photos and print as many or as few as you want. Today, I'm gonna talk about a new line of products from Bay Photo, which is my preferred photo lab. And these are called Press Printed Bay Books, which are these really great print-on-demand books that you can custom design yourself. And this allows you to create a portfolio book, featuring your photos, or if you're just looking for the perfect coffee table book at home featuring your own images, this is a great way to go. As you're designing your Bay book, you've got basically two different options. You can go with a photo cover, featuring one of your beautiful images or you can go with a material cover and they've got 50 different materials you can choose from. You can also do a foil in printing, as well. Bay Photo offers hardcover and softcover photo books, which are printed on Indigo printers, the highest quality digital press printing technology available. Now, if you go with a photo cover your three choices are a luster, canvas, or a metallic surface. Their books are available in horizontal, vertical and square formats, from sizes ranging from 5 x 5 inch to 11 x 14 inch. On the inside, you've got a number of page options as well, including layflat pages, or standard magazine style pages with optional texture or UV coating. Making your own Bay book is easy. Just download Bay Photo's, Bay Designer software and launch the application. Select coffee table books, and select the size and style you want. After you have loaded the photos you'd like to have in the book, you can enter the Bay Designer Wizard, which guides you through the process of selecting options and editing your book. It's really easy. In case you have any problems, Bay Photo offers a number of video tutorials on their website that can guide you through the process of using and ordering through Bay Designer. So there you have it. Press printed Bay Books are a super easy, inexpensive and elegant way of creating gorgeous custom coffee table books, featuring some of your favorite photos. You can use them as gifts, or you can just have a few lying around the house. So when your photo friends come over they'll be super jealous that you got published. Don't worry, it'll be our secret. I'm Ian Plant and thanks for watching.